Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-15
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Several PersOns Enjured-TwO Men
Arrested On Suspicion.
ESPECIAL TO THE sEErINEL.l

Several PersOns Fntured-TwO Men
Arrested on suspiciOn.
ESPECIAL TO THE sEETINEL.l
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.-THE residents
on Post street. between Larkin and Polk,
were startled between 7 and 8 O'Clock this
evening by the sound OF q tremendous ex'
plosion, and by the shattcring OF glass
about their ears. A dynamite cartridge
had been placed on the track OF the Lsrkin
street branch line OF the Suffer street
cable road, and had exploded under
dummy No. "a. Tho dummy was COM
pletely wrecked, and the windows Of the
car and of the houses In the vicinity were
demolished. Mr.. Hilderbrandt, his wife
and brother were sitting on the dummy on
the side where the explosion took place,
and they we're oil thrown into the street,
and Mrs. Hilderbrandt, it is feared, Is seri-
ously injured. She was taken into a
%neighboriDg house and medical assistance
summoned, and later in tho evening she
was conveyed to her home. IT was q mira
Gle that there were no others injured, as
several were on the dummy. People
IA IL AbAufty lusdCu w taO pAOhO Va thC
disaster, and o q large crowd had
congregsted. Officer Conboy, who was
on the dummy, in describing his SEN
s%ations, said that the explosion had the
effect Of momentarily stunning him, and
II was fully half an hour before he recov-
erod his hearing. The excitement caused
by this explosion was intensified when it
became known that another had taken
place on the Suffer street cable road near
Dupont about Q o'clock. The explosive,
which IL believed to have been q giant
powder cartridge, was exploded by the
dummy wheels running over it. Thu
dummy was disabled, and had to be taken
to the car house for repairs. 1t was quickly
replaced by q new one, and the road CON-
tinued to operate its cars as usual during
the remainder Of the night. No one was
injured by the latter explosion, as the
charge In the cartridge evidently was
small. The authorities are at q loss as to
the author OF these outrages, and have IS
yet not obtained the slightest clue to the
9 rpetrstors OF any OF these frequent at
tempts at the destruction Of life and prop
erty on the Geary and Suffer street cable
roads.
The cabs were stranded by the explosion
on Post street, but the damage was quickly
repaired, and the cars resumed running
there. Three men, who were on the
dummy, were bruised, but none Of them
seriously hurt. Two men have been ar
rested on suspicion Of being concerned in
the outrage. Their names cannot be as
certaiDed. Later in the evening an unex-
ploded dynamite cartridge was found near
Scott street, on the Gesry street cable road.
The cartridge had evidently been placed
on the track. but had rolled off. At this
hour. ~ (midnight) O'Clock. Chief Crow
ley and other police officials are deliberat-
ing az to what means TO take to detect and
bring the culprits to justice, and to guard
more carefully against overt acts In the
futurs.
LATER. G. wynegar, one Of the
leaders OF the striking carmen, was inter-
viewed this morning regarding last nights
explosions. He said the men had nothing
10 do with the affair and could prove it. II
is being done by the men who sympathize
with as, and they think they are doing
Us q favor. but are doing US a great deal OF
injury. II we knew who they were we
would be too glad to give them up. 1t is
q cowardly business, and has to be stopped.
II is said the police have very strong evil
dence against the four men who have been
arrested on suspicion OF being concerned
in these outrages. Mrs. Hilderbrandt,
who was injured by the Post street explo-
sion. is in a precarious condition. Her
lower extremities are paralyzed. and it is
feared that the injuries sustained may
terminate fatally. Mr.. Hilderbrandt. her
brother.in.law, lie also confined to his bed.
Several complaints have been preferred
against the men arrested, each being
charged with three offenses: Placing OBJ
structions on the railroad track, assault to
commit murder, and using chemicals.